About the Maritime Skills Alliance
About the Maritime Skills Alliance
IAMI are members of the Maritime Skills Alliance (MSA). The MSA have 19 members who design and promote qualifications and apprenticeships for the UK’s maritime sector. The MSA have developed a suite of interlocking standards and qualifications – MSQs, “Maritime Studies Qualifications” - which enable employees to progress both within their specialism and between sectors.
The MSA
develop qualifications and apprenticeships which suit the needs of the sector
maintain a suite of National Occupational Standards
work to secure a good range of high quality training provision across the country
champion skills matters for the maritime sector
work with a wide range of other bodies across the UK, especially national governments and their agencies, to further the membership’s and industry’s training aims